Richard Dawkins Quotes About Ignorance

Quotes about: Ignorance

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  It has become almost a cliché to remark that nobody boasts of ignorance of literature, but it is socially acceptable to boast ignorance of science and proudly claim incompetence in mathematics.

  Richard Dawkins

  Ignorance, Knowledge, Science

  "The Richard Dimbleby Lecture: Science, Delusion and the Appetite for Wonder". Lecture, BBC1 Television, November 12, 1996.

• Evolution is a fact, as securely established as any in science, and he who denies it betrays woeful ignorance and lack of education, which likely extends to other fields as well.

  Richard Dawkins

  Ignorance, Simple, Religion

  "Should Religion Impact Your Vote?" by Roy Speckhardt, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 7, 2011.

• It is an essential part of the scientific enterprise to admit ignorance, even to exult in ignorance as a challenge to future conquests.

  Richard Dawkins

  Ignorance, Challenges, Essentials

  Richard Dawkins (2008). “The God Delusion”, p.151, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

• I am one of those scientists who feels that it is no longer enough just to get on and do science. We have to devote a significant proportion of our time and resources to defending it from deliberate attack from organised ignorance.

  Richard Dawkins

  Ignorance, Scientist, Enough

• It sounds superficially fair. But it presupposes that that there is something in Christian theology to be ignorant about. The entire thrust of my position is that Christian theology is a non-subject. It is empty. Vacuous. Devoid of coherence or content. I imagine that McGrath would join me in expressing disbelief in fairies, astrology and Thor's hammer. How would he respond if a fairyologist, astrologer or Viking accused him of ignorance of their respective subjects?

  Richard Dawkins

  Christian, Ignorance, Astrology

• It is a virtue to admit ignorance when you don't know, but not to wallow in ignorance as an end in itself.
  People say if we don't believe god is watching over us, we abandon morality. Are they right?

  Richard Dawkins

  Believe, Ignorance, People

• I do sometimes accuse people of ignorance, but that is not intended to be an insult. I'm ignorant of lots of things. Ignorance is something that can be remedied by education.

  Richard Dawkins

  Ignorance, People, Ignorant

  "How Richard Dawkins Communicates Evolution (Surprise, It’s Not the Same Thing as Atheism)" by Chris Mooney, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 18, 2010.

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